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Genusskultur

English translation: epitome of pleasure

12:47 Jun 28, 2003
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Food & Drink / Premium Ice Cream
German term or phrase: Genusskultur
XXX (premium ice cream) ist fuer Connaisseure weltweit der Inbegriff von Genusskultur auf hoechstem Niveau.

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jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:34
English translation:epitome of pleasure
Explanation:
xxx is the epitome of pleasure (or enjoyment) for ice cream connoisseurs the world over
once the word epitome is used for Inbegriff, it makes the other superlatives superfluous...
Selected response from:

Mary McCusker
Local time: 19:34
Grading comment
Thanks everybody!
There is enough here to keep Premium Ice Cream Marketing Managers going for decades.
In the end I went for 'epitome of unparalleled pleasure' or some such, and Mary's is the closest!
Talk about spoilt for choice ;-))
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3epitome of pleasure
Mary McCusker
4 +1refined pleasure
William Stein
4 +1epicurean culture
Yngve Roennike
4 +1three more:
Nicole Tata
3 +1culture of delight
Jarema
3 +1My attempt
Olaf Reibedanz
4I'd say
gangels (X)
3 +1pleasure culture
Jonathan Widell
3tasteful enjoyment
writeaway
3culture of enjoyment
Сергей Лузан
3a cultural pleasure of the highest order
Nancy Arrowsmith
2... a byword for succulent sophistication
TonyTK


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
refined pleasure


Explanation:
culture of the senses
I guess that should make them feel growh-up as they're licking their icecream cones!

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Note added at 2003-06-28 13:39:43 (GMT)
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For connoisseurs, xxx ice cream is the paragon of refined pleasure / sensual delights.

William Stein
Costa Rica
Local time: 17:34
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
1 day 4 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
culture of delight


Explanation:
?

Jarema
Ukraine
Local time: 02:34
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
1 day 4 hrs
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
... a byword for succulent sophistication


Explanation:
It sounds a bit OTT for ice cream, mind.

TonyTK
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
My attempt


Explanation:
...is valued among connoisseurs world-wide for its exquisite taste.

OR:

...is widely recognized among gourmets world-wide for its fine and unequalled taste.

Olaf Reibedanz
Colombia
Local time: 18:34
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ellen Zittinger
14 hrs
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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
tasteful enjoyment


Explanation:
Tried to think of something that combines the down to earth idea of enjoying good ice cream without turning to the over-the-top nonsensical hype of Genußkultur. It can easily start to sound silly in English.

writeaway
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 15
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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
culture of enjoyment


Explanation:
perhaps. Hedonistic symbol or symbol of hedonism sound too philosophical & exaggerated, I guess. Good luck, jerrie! I'll try to invent something else.

Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Local time: 02:34
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
epicurean culture


Explanation:
x

Yngve Roennike
Local time: 19:34
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ellen Zittinger
14 hrs
  -> The way the question was put, you would think it was the word culture that was in focus here, not ice cream, or epitome, etc..
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
epitome of pleasure


Explanation:
xxx is the epitome of pleasure (or enjoyment) for ice cream connoisseurs the world over
once the word epitome is used for Inbegriff, it makes the other superlatives superfluous...

Mary McCusker
Local time: 19:34
Native speaker of: English
Grading comment
Thanks everybody!
There is enough here to keep Premium Ice Cream Marketing Managers going for decades.
In the end I went for 'epitome of unparalleled pleasure' or some such, and Mary's is the closest!
Talk about spoilt for choice ;-))

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: epitome is great as the hype word but you have to add something that brings us (back) to ice cream (ice cream pleasure, ice cream enjoyment, or ??)
2 hrs
agree  Trudy Peters: we don't need ice cream twice, writeaway
4 hrs
agree  Сергей Лузан
1 day 22 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
I'd say


Explanation:
For connoissiers worldwide, xxx stands for a scrumptious taste experience that can't be beat.

if it's meant for the US market. Big words don't go over very well here when it comes to ad lingo.

gangels (X)
Local time: 17:34
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 13
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
a cultural pleasure of the highest order


Explanation:
I agree that it has to be sweet and simple for the US market, but I assume we're talking about UK here?

Nancy Arrowsmith
Local time: 17:34
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pleasure culture


Explanation:
"It is obvious I think that we live in a pleasure culture."

or enjoyment culture:

"...we evaluate everything from a utilitarian, enjoyment culture."

Why not make the translation sound as off-key as the original and translate it literally? Aren't we not trying to be wry and witty here?

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Note added at 2003-06-29 22:42:36 (GMT)
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In case \"pleasure culture\" or \"enjoyment culture\" sounds a bit too snotty, you can soften it by speaking of \"delights of pleasure culture\" or \"delights of enjoyment culture\". For some reason Genuß sounds more like something you can put in your mouth than pleasure. So let us add \"delight\", which is something you can put in your mouth (like Turkish delight).


    Reference: http://www.biblical-theology.com/character/pleasure.htm
    Reference: http://www.newheightsfamily.org/documents/Lessons/God%20is%2...
Jonathan Widell
Canada
Local time: 19:34
Native speaker of: Native in FinnishFinnish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yngve Roennike: that or epicurean culture, sure.
21 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
three more:


Explanation:
All over the world, ice cream connoisseurs equate xxx with the height of ice cream enjoyment.

Ice cream connoisseurs the world over regard xxx as the height of luxury and enjoyment.

To ice cream connoisseurs around the world xxx represents the highest and most luxurious/efined/sophisticated form of ice cream enjoyment.

THe way I read it, Genusskultur means two things:
- the best taste, pinnacle of pleasure, height of enjoyment etc. (the Genuss part)
- sophistication, refined enjoyment, luxuriousness (is that a word?), the premium-ness of the brand (the Kultur part)

hope it helps

Nicole Tata
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Trudy Peters: 2nd version
43 mins
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